Assembling device for cardcases



July 10,1928. 1,676,338

c; LENFANT ASSEMBLING ISEVICB FOR CARD CASES Filed June 17, 1927 v I I 4 E 'C" L ATTOR BY 2 Patented July 10, 1928.

Application filed June 17,1927. Serial No. 199,621.

' Ila This invention relates to an assembling device for card cases. and has. for its primary object to provide'a simple and inexpensive means whereby the outer flexible cover sheetof'the case may be easily and quickly secured at its edges to the marginal edges of an inner flexible pocket-forming sheet or wall.

More particularly, the device is designed for use in the assemblage of the parts of the outer cover or holder for card cases of that type havin a plurality'of leaves. or sections secured within the holder and provided with transparent windows forming additional card receiving pockets.

. e Z In'one practical embodiment ofthe invention as herein shown, I provide a' base of suitable dimensions upon which the parts of the card case cover are adapted to be ar-' ranged. Uponeach edge of this base presser strips are hingedly attached, the adjacent ends, of said presser strips being so formed and constructed that they may be folded inwardly without interference tolie in the same plane, .and said strips thereby adapted to fold the marginal edges of the outer flexible sheet of the cover inwardly upon the marginal edges of the inner pocket-forming sheet. .To the edges of this lattersh'eet, a suitable cement or adhesive gum is firstapplied to its opposite faces-so that by the firm pressure of saidzhinged strips,'the marginal edge portions of the inner and outer parts of thecover member become securely attached to each other; By means of such a device this assembling operation maybe very quickly and accurately performed 7 1 ,with the end and side inwardly foldededges :of the material being neatly joined at the corners of the cover membe I It .is another object of-t'he invention to v provide the base member adjacent. its opposite ends with suitable upstanding guide pins adapted to be received through open,- ings formed through the cover member adjacent its opposite ends, which openings are adapted tosubsequently receive the male and female elements of a conventional snap fastening device; I a

With the above and other, objects in view, the invention consists inthe improvedassembling device for card cases and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter.

more fully described, illustrated in the ac device as indicated jthereof and centrally between itssidee leerv 5.

companying "drawings, and subsequently incorporatedlnthe sub o1ned claims.

5 In the drawing, wherein I have disclosed one simple and practical embodiment of theinvention, and in which similar'reference characters designate corresponding throughout the several views,-

parts 1 Figure l is a plan view of' the device,

showing the. parts. of the card casecover arranged 1n positlon thereon;-

2 is a perspective view showingthe the base member; v g

T'Fig, 3 is a transverse sectional View of the by the line 33 of Fig. 2,and J i hinged presser strips folded inwardly upon I Fig. 4-is a'plan viewof the card case cover been attached.

Referringf'in detail to. the drawings, in

which I {have illustrated vone simple struc tural embodiment of the invention, 5 desigafter the inner and outer parts' thereof have nates the base member which may consist. 7'

of a slab of woodor metal, of the proper predetermined length and width. In this base member in spaced relation to each end dgesi an upstanding pin 6 is suitably secured To the opposite longitudinal edgesof the base 5 the presser strips 7 are 'attac'hedq As herein showmto the outer sidefaceof each of these strips a plate 18 is secured by the screx vs 9, said platefprojecting beyondthe oppositeends of the strip 7 which isof Y somewhat less length than the length o f the base 5 and terminates in spaced relation to ,each end edge of Said b'ase.' The metal p'lates 8 are hingedly connected as at 10 to similar plates 11 securely attaehedto the opposite longitudinal side faces of the-base 5 by the screws 12. [It will of course-, be understood that if desired instead or providing the continuous-plates 8 and ll and I a continuous connecting hinge -1 "I may i 100 of suitably spaced hingeplatea or provide jany other desired form of hingamea'ns connect the strips'7 to'theflb ase 5 by meanswhich will permit eras, strips 7 being moved, from the positions 'shown in Fig. .1

of the drawings tojthje" positions shown in F ig. 2 thereof with respect to the base'mem- Additional presser m ss '13 are aimilarly hingedly attached to the opposite ends of the base 5 as indicated at 14 I lit) The side presser strips 7 at each of their ends are provided with the obliquely inclined surfaces 15 extending from the inner longitudinal faces of said strips to the relatively narrow end faces 16 which extend in planes parallel with the end faces of the base 5.

The relatively movable presser members 13 holder, the cover member is composed of an outer face sheet 19 of leather or other composition material to the inner face of which the flexible lining sheet 20 is secured. A flexible pocket-forming wall or sheet 21 is arranged over this lining sheet. The outer face sheet 19 is of somewhat greater width than the lining sheet 20 and the pocketforming sheet 21 so that the side and end marginal edge portions 22 of said outer face sheet project beyond the corresponding edges of the lining sheet. The flexible sheets 19 and'20, in spaced relation to their opposite ends are provided with the openings 23 therethrough, and these openingsare adapted to receive the upstanding pins 6 on the base 5 of the assembling device, whereby the flexible sheets may be quickly arranged and held in proper position upon the upper surface of the base 5. The pocket-forming wall or sheet21 which isof less length than the lining sheet 20 is then arranged in position as ShOWn in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Thus, it will be apparent vthat the marginal edge portions 22 of the face sheet 19eXtend outwardly over the hinges 10 and 14. Before the pocket wallor sheet 21 is arranged in place, the opposite longitudinal side edges thereof on one face of said sheet are provided with a suitable liquid cement or adhesive coating and the upper faces of the marginal parts 22 of the sheet 19'are coate with a similar adhesive.

, After the parts have been arranged in position as above explained, the side strips 7 are first folded inwardly to the posit-ion shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thereby folding the marginal edges 22 of the face sheet 19 inwardly over and upon the corresponding edges of the lining sheet 20 and the pocket wall 21. The end members 13 are then similarly folded inwardly over the base so that the end marginal portions 22 of the face sheet of the cover are folded inwardly. It will be noted that the adjacent end edges of the side and end marginal portions 22 of the face sheet extend at right angles to each other so that when the end portions are folded inwardly, they will lap upon the ends of the inwardly folded side portions 22. One end marginalportion 22 is secured only on the inner surfaces of the lining sheet 20 while the other end marginal portion 22 is secured also uponthe extremities of the opposite side marginal portions of the pocket-forming sheet 21, it being noted that the opposite ends of this sheet 21 are cut out as at 24;. The end presser members 13 are provided with suitably formed notches or recesses indicated at'25 to accommodate the upstanding pins 6"on the base when these members are folded inwardly to the positions shown in Fig. 2. By exerting a downward pressure upon the inwardly folded presser strips 7 and 13,the marginal edge'portions 22 of'the cover sheet are thus caused to firmly adhere to thelinin'g sheet and the side edges of the pocket wall 21.

After the parts have been assembled as above described, the male and female elements of a snap fastener are secured in the openings 28, and the desired number of card receiving pocket inserts having windows of celluloid or other transparent material are arranged in position and extend substantially the full length of the pocket wall 21. 'They are then stitched centrally to said cover member across the width thereof. If desired, the inwardly turned marginal edges 22 of the face sheet of the cover may also be permanently secured by a line of stitching to the lining and the pocket-forming sheets. As will be seen from reference to Fig. 4, the pocket-forming sheet or wall 21 terminates at one of its ends in spaced relation to one end of the cover so that the projecting part of the cover, sheet 19 and the lining sheet 20 constitutes a flap which is adapted to be folded over 'the'other end of the cover member upon the outer side thereof and fastened by the fastening elements above uniformity of the product which it was not a possible heretofore to secure by 'mere reli-.

ance on the skill of the workman. I have vice, whichis simple in its construction and may be produced at nominal cost. It will however, be understood that this disclosure is largely suggestive and that my invention in its several essential elements might also be incorporated in various other alternative structures, and q I accordingly reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate l UU herein disclosed an embodiment of the dey 7 changes inthe form, construction and relative arrangement of the several parts as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as' claimed.

I claim: i

,1. A11 assembling device of the character described comprising a base memberupon the upper surface of which superimposed flexible elements are adapted to be arranged,

I of the lower flexible element inwardly upon with the marginal edge portions of the lower flexible element projecting beyond the marginal edges of the other flexible element,

and manually adjustable presser members,

hingedly connected to the marginal edges of said base and adapted to be moved inwardly and downwardly into parallel relation with the upper surface of the base to thereby fold said projecting marginal edgeportions the marginal edges of the other flexible ele- ;;-ment, said presser members initially havingtheir Work engaging surfaces in the plane of the upper surface of the base mempositeside edges of said base, additional presser members hingedly connected to the end edges of said base, said presser members initially having their work engaging sur- Q faces in the plane :of the upper surface of the base member and being adapted to be i moved inwardly and positioned in parallel relation tothe upper surface of the base to the marginal edges of the other flexible element, and saidpresser members being received between the ends of said presser strips and said strips and memberslhaving their end faces bevelled for abutting con- I tact with each other.- 1

, 3. An assembling device of the character described comprising an'elongated rectan gular base provided with means for positioning sheets of flexible material of relatively different widths in superimposed'relation to each other upon the upper surface of said base, the wider sheet of material having marginal edge portions-projecting laterally from the other flexible sheets, side, and end presser members hingedly connected with said base and m ovable'from a position; in'

laterally extending relation thereto to a position above and in parallelrelation to the base whereby said projecting marginal edge portions of the wider vflexible sheet are folded inwardly and compressed upon the marginal edges of the other sheets. i

In testimony that I claim the. foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto. J

CHARLES LENFANT.

4: i V thereby fold the projecting marginal edge portions of the lower'flexible element upon. 

